PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Turbo & Super chargers
View Single Post
Old 24th Jul 2003, 17:15
  #6 (permalink)  
FlyingForFun

Why do it if it's not fun?
 
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Bournemouth
Posts: 4,779
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
The terminology caused endless confusion on my ATPL course.

The word "Supercharger" is a generic term for a device which boosts the manifold pressure.

There are two types of supercharger. There's an engine-driven supercharger, also known (and here's where the confusion comes in) as a "Supercharger". And there's an exhaust-driven type, known as a "Turbocharger". Some careful reading of questions was required whenever you saw the word "supercharger".

In practice, though, I agree with SSD - if you hear the word "supercharger" outside of a CAA exam it almost certainly refers to an engine-driven boost pump.

FFF
-----------
FlyingForFun is offline